Florence, Italy. June 2010

Dear Friends,

During the last two months the Society has been very active and successful. The ISC has been represented at many Congresses and Meetings. Recently, these have included the 1st Southeast European Conference on Chemotherapy and Infection in Varna (6-9 May), “SADI 2010 – the Xth Argentinean Congress of the Argentinean Society of Infectious Diseases” in Mar del Plata (14-16 May) and the 4th annual Bloodstream Infection meeting. The latter was held in Athens, 27 – 28th May in collaboration with the International Society of Cardiovascular Infections. As usual, this was an extremely successful meeting with about 200 particiapnts and several speakers from North America. The proceedings will be published in a supplement of the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents.

Earlier this month we had a much appreciated symposium during the 58th Congress of the Japanese Society of Chemotherapy in Nagasaki (3-5 June). 

It is rewarding to see how active our affiliated societies are. It is especially encouraging to see their congresses so well supported by their own members as these are occasions of important cultural exchange.  These events have helped the ISC to proceed with its fundamental mission, which is to improve knowledge in the field of chemotherapy.

The next educational event will be from September 19-23 at Palazzo Feltrinelli on the Garda Lake in northern Italy.  This will be the first course on Anti-Infective Pharmacology organised by the ISC together with FESCI and the Italian Society of Chemotherapy (SIC). This summer school is a one-week course dedicated to postgraduate and continuing medical education, covering the pharmacological topic of pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) evaluation. It will be of interest to both young MDs and post-doctoral fellows working in the infection field as well as pharmacists and PhD students.  We hope there will be many participants in this course which will enable us to continue it in future years.

We ask your total cooperation and support of the next 27th International Congress of Chemotherapy which will take place in Milan from May 7-10, 2011, together with the 21st ECCMID congress. We hope you can encourage your colleagues to attend this important scientific meeting.  The scientific program is being completed now and we are sure it will be a very worthwhile meeting both scientifically and socially.

With best wishes,

Teresita

ISC Meetings
Further information may be found at www.ischemo.org/08_Meetings.htm. Two meetings are highlighted as follows:

19 – 23 September 2010, Palazzo Feltrinelli, Gargnano, Italy  Summer School on Anti-Infective Pharmacology
For further information, contact PROF. FRANCESCO SCAGLIONE francesco.scaglione@unimi.it Phone: ++39-0250317073 Fax: ++39-0250317050 To view the meeting announcement and download the registration form go to the ISC website.	The Italian Society of Chemotherapy in conjunction with the ISC and FESCI has organised this summer school. No tuition fee is required for attendees and the total cost for accommodation is 400 Euros per person covering dinner, bed and breakfast for 6 days. The school is organized in one week courses dedicated to postgraduate and continuing medical education. The school is situated in the old restored building providing an appropriate setting for high intellectual endeavour. The building called Palazzo Feltrinelli www.palazzofeltrinelli.it is located in Gargnano on the lake of Garda –Italy. Programme topics include Introduction into PK/PD of anti-infectives - Models of Infection: In vitro vs. in vivo Tissue pharmacokinetic Appropriate dosing of antiifective drug Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modelling PK/PD in special population Dosing and emergence of resistance
Format Participants are expected to be knowledgeable in basic pharmacokinetics and in antiinfective therapy, but speakers will provide appropriate explanation and education on all the new concepts which have been be presented. Ample time will be given for in-depth discussion.
7 – 10 May 2011. Milan, Italy 27th International Congress of Chemotherapy
	The 27th ICC will be held in conjunction with the 21st ECCMID and co-hosted by ESCMID. Congress President Pofessor Andrea Novelli Scientific Secretariat: Francesco Scaglione Administrative Secretariat 21st ECCMID / 27th ICC 2011 c/o Congrex, Switzerland Association House Freie Strasse 90 4002 Basel, Switzerland Tel. 41 61 686 77 11 Fax. +41 61 686 77 88 E-mail: basel@congrex.com Website: www.eccmid-icc2011.org

Professor Teresita Mazzei
ISC President
teresita.mazzei@unifi.i